For a long time, corrections departments around the country maintained order—relatively speaking—through the informal system of old prisoners showing new…
Wesley*, 51, has been incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons for more than half his life. Every morning…
In 1996, the Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted in response to the rising number of lawsuits prisoners were filing…
A talking point often circulated in harm reduction is that the moment someone is released from incarceration, their risk of…
On December 14, a federal judge held the New York City Department of Correction in contempt of court, as Gothamist…
The room I rent in a Georgia boarding house for people on the sex offender registry costs $800 per month.…
Sabastian Johnson had been unsuccessfully trying to get copies of a legal document related to his case into Washington Corrections…
I am thankful that on my 33rd Thanksgiving in prison, I’ll be allowed an early shower. Thankful to have gotten…
Imagine looking through a window into a room at someone who’s been forcibly taken from their home, stripped naked and…
I got my first tattoo at 15, a Grim Reaper profile with the scythe arcing over its head. My father…